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Connecting Point listed in Tech Elite 250

Connecting Point has been named to CRN’s third annual list of the Tech Elite 250, according to a news release.

Companies on the 2013 Tech Elite 250 list represent IT service providers across North America who have invested in the training and education needed to earn the most advanced technical certifications in the IT Channel for data center or cloud, the release stated.

“We are thrilled to win this prestigious award,” Connecting Point president Ted Warner stated in the release. “One of our core values states that we value continual improvement. As a company we are totally invested in our vendors’ programs and certification platforms. It drives value to our clients.”

Connecting Point is a professional network management firm that specializes in managed services, cloud services, network integration and product sales, the release stated. The company has been in business since 1985 and has offices in Greeley, Denver and Laramie, Wyo.

Exchange club donates $1,000 to A Kid’s Place

The Union Colony Exchange Club has donated $1,000 to A Kid’s Place to help fund the Child Advocacy Center and Court Appointed Special Advocates Program, according to a news release.

A Kid’s Place services abused and neglected children involved in the criminal and dependency and neglect court system. The Child Advocacy Center provides forensic interviews of children in child abuse investigations and provides support to families. CASA trains and supports volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children within the court system. In 2012, 55 CASA volunteers served 160 children in the program, the release stated.

CSU team’s study first to be included in global database

A team from Colorado State University that studied how a social business venture could grow to improve maternal health in developing countries has gained the college international recognition.

Their study has been selected to be included in the GlobaLens Base of the Pyramid Collection, part of the world’s largest database of business case studies used by top business schools around the world, according to a news release. It is the first such study from CSU to be included in the database.

The CSU College of Business team included Asad Aziz, clinical professor of management, Yolanda Sarason, associate professor of entrepreneurship and strategic management, and Grace Hanley, MBA student. It took third place in this year’s Next Billion Case Writing Competition.

Their study, entitled “Ayzh at a Crossroad: Maternal Health for Whom?”, outlines the business decisions made to grow the for-profit Ayzh, launched by CSU Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA candidates Zubaida Bai and her husband, Habib, the release stated. The couple developed the venture to manufacture a sterile birthing kit, which not only saves lives, but provides assembly and distribution jobs for women in India.

The GlobaLens catalog features more than 450 cases, exercises and conceptual notes as well as entire courses and education modules in use at business schools worldwide, including Northwestern, Stanford, Yale, MIT and the London School of Business, the release stated.

FastFrame donates to student’s artwork

Bob and JoEllen Harris, owners of FASTFRAME-Greeley donated more than $400 worth of custom framing for a scratch board piece, done by Greeley West High School student Adele McKenna, that is headed for Washington, D.C.

“We wanted to make sure that Adele’s outstanding scratch board would stand out and favorably represent Greeley and Colorado,” JoEllen Harris said in a news release. “It is an honor to be able to support our local student artists, especially with something of this quality.”

Adele’s piece, titled “Toby,” was the winner in the state’s 4th Congressional District Arts Competition for High School Students ninth-12th grades. Her artwork will be displayed, along with that of other winners from every U.S. House district, for one year in the Cannon House Office Building tunnel leading to the U.S. Capitol, according to a release.

Adele is a senior in Greeley West’s IB program; her art teacher is Travis Krause. She is the daughter of Belinda and Dennis McKenna of Greeley.

FASTFRAME-Greeley is at 6560 29th St. in the St. Michaels Town Square.